# Kenya exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Kenya to China, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/KEN-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Kenya reported $198.0M in goods exports to China. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $198.0M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 96.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 20 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.4 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 25.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 740400 | Copper: waste and scrap | $15.6B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 261400 | Titanium ores and concentrates | $1.0B | 67.2% | High attention |
| 3 | 080261 | Nuts, edible: macadamia, fresh or dried, in shell | $227.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 261510 | Zirconium ores and concentrates | $1.1B | 53.4% | High attention |
| 5 | 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $109.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 030572 | Fish: edible offal, fish heads, tails and maws | $125.9M | 7.1% | High attention |
| 7 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $718.3M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 130190 | Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301 | $38.3M | 38.5% | High attention |
| 9 | 260200 | Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight | $3.7B | 68.9% | High attention |
| 10 | 530500 | Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres n.e.c., raw or processed but not spun: tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) | $161.2M | 42.4% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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